yellow jack
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Tweet n. 1. A yellowish-silver carangid food fish (Caranx bartholomaei syn. Carangoides bartholomaei) of western Atlantic and Caribbean waters. 2. Nautical A yellow flag hoisted on a ship to request pratique or warn of disease on board. 3. See yellow fever. |
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